American Predator

The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century

De: Maureen Callahan

Narrado por: Amy Landon

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

An Amazon “Best Book of 2019”
A Washington Post “10 Books To Read in July”
A Los Angeles Times “Seven Highly Anticipated Books for Summer Reading”
A USA Today “20 of the Season’s Hottest New Books”
A New York Post “25 Best Beach Reads of 2019 You Need to Pre-Order Now”
A Bustle “The Best New True Crime Books You Can Read Right Now”

“Maureen Callahan’s deft reporting and stylish writing have created one of the all-time-great serial-killer books: sensitive, chilling, and completely impossible to put down.” —Ada Calhoun, author of St. Marks Is Dead

Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the news and in public consciousness. But most people have never heard of Israel Keyes, one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history. The FBI considered his behavior unprecedented. Described by a prosecutor as "a force of pure evil," Keyes was a predator who struck all over the United States. He buried "kill kits"--cash, weapons, and body-disposal tools--in remote locations across the country. Over the course of fourteen years, Keyes would fly to a city, rent a car, and drive thousands of miles in order to use his kits. He would break into a stranger's house, abduct his victims in broad daylight, and kill and dispose of them in mere hours. And then he would return home to Alaska, resuming life as a quiet, reliable construction worker devoted to his only daughter.

When journalist Maureen Callahan first heard about Israel Keyes in 2012, she was captivated by how a killer of this magnitude could go undetected by law enforcement for over a decade. And so began a project that consumed her for the next several years--uncovering the true story behind how the FBI ultimately caught Israel Keyes, and trying to understand what it means for a killer like Keyes to exist. A killer who left a path of monstrous, randomly committed crimes in his wake--many of which remain unsolved to this day.

American Predator is the ambitious culmination of years of interviews with key figures in law enforcement and in Keyes's life, and research uncovered from classified FBI files. Callahan takes us on a journey into the chilling, nightmarish mind of a relentless killer, and to the limitations of traditional law enforcement.

Captivating and chilling

The most evil person you’ve never heard of. How many more just like him are stalking innocent people right now?

Great story, terrible narration

The story was well written, clear and precise in content. But the narration was awful; not to mean that Amy Landon read terribly; her reading was done as expected. But her attempts at changing voices from male & back to female were awfully distracting. Male voices were supposed to be lower but they sounded guttural and, just awkward. So distracting was the attempt at sounding like a man that Were it nit for the need to hear the story I would have returned the book!

Landon would have done a better job if she just read through & not tried to change her voice at all. It was the writer’s story that was good, narration was disastrous.

no other serial killer compares to this man

Keyes is the truest form of serial killer I've ever read about. Scary, very scary

Interesting details, interesting story

I really liked the first two-thirds of this story, but I just couldn't wrap my head around why he talked to the district attorney at all, especially with the way the author makes the DA sound like a moron. Was this serial killer offered something to give-up the only information that could convict him, and I missed it when my earbuds fell out? That key piece bothered me so much I spent the next third of the story waiting for the explanation that never arrived.

Wow!

I had never heard of Israel Keys, now I will never be able to forget him...Absolutely chilling.